---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 5, TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TAXES ON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES."
description: "This Act increases the State’s alcoholic beverage tax rates. The rate for beer increases by 2¢ per 12 ounce can. The rate for wine increases by approximately 3¢ per 5 ounce serving. The rate for spirits containing more than 25% ethyl alcohol by volume increases by 15¢ per 750 ml bottle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 241"
citation: "Delaware HB 241 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David B. McBride", "John J. Viola", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-15"
last_action: "2017-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d384fe80-3fa6-486e-8e4c-c2bd747b485c"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25990"
source_hash: "e52a054394d5caa2c65bf847ef8fb943ae864985c3f87315404021b445d9b920"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---

# Delaware HB 241 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 5, TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TAXES ON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

This Act increases the State’s alcoholic beverage tax rates. The rate for beer increases by 2¢ per 12 ounce can. The rate for wine increases by approximately 3¢ per 5 ounce serving. The rate for spirits containing more than 25% ethyl alcohol by volume increases by 15¢ per 750 ml bottle.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25990&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB241)

## Votes

- 3/5 — **13–7** (pass) · upper
- 3/5 — **26–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David B. McBride — primary (person)
- John J. Viola — primary (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-06-15** Introduced and Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Amendment HA 1 to HB 241 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 3 On Its Merits, 5 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2017-07-02** Amendment HA 1 to HB 241 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-07-02** Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 13 NO 2 NOT VOTING `passage`
- **2017-07-02** Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 7 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-07-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d384fe80-3fa6-486e-8e4c-c2bd747b485c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).